99 Names of Allah 

Prophet Mohamed PBUH clarified in Sunnah that Allah has 99 names, and told that who knows them in heart and mind and work with their duties go to Jannah.

"Abu Huraira reported God’s messenger as saying, “God had ninety-nine names, one short of a hundered. He who retains them in his memory* will enter paradise.” A version has, “And He is One. He loves what is single.”

(Bukhari and Muslim.)

The Hadith in Arabic:

عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «إِنَّ لِلَّهِ تَعَالَى تِسْعَةً وَتِسْعِينَ اسْمًا مِائَةً إِلَّا وَاحِدًا مَنْ أَحْصَاهَا دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ» . وَفِي رِوَايَة: «وَهُوَ وتر يحب الْوتر»

متفق عليه

Allah says in Quran that we should invoke him with his best names: 

وَلِلَّهِ الْأَسْمَاءُ الْحُسْنَى فَادْعُوهُ بِهَا وَذَرُوا الَّذِينَ يُلْحِدُونَ فِي أَسْمَائِهِ سَيُجْزَوْنَ مَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ (180)

الأعراف

And to Allah belong the best names "the most beautiful names", so invoke Him by them. And leave [the company of] those who practice deviation concerning His names. They will be recompensed for what they have been doing.

اللَّهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ لَهُ الْأَسْمَاءُ الْحُسْنَى (8)

طه

Allah—there is no god ˹worthy of worship˺ except Him. He has the Most Beautiful Names.

هُوَ اللَّهُ الْخَالِقُ الْبَارِئُ الْمُصَوِّرُ لَهُ الْأَسْمَاءُ الْحُسْنَى يُسَبِّحُ لَهُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ (24) 

الحشر

He is Allah: the Creator, the Inventor, the Shaper. He ˹alone˺ has the Most Beautiful Names. Whatever is in the heavens and the earth ˹constantly˺ glorifies Him. And He is the Almighty, All-Wise.

Scholars and scientists gathered names of Allah from the Holy Quran and great Sunnah.

They get names of Allah in many ways; you can find that some scholars get 99 names which are different in some names from other scholars according to every scholar's research in Quran and Sunnah. So, we have an important question:

How many names of Allah; what is the exact number of Allah's names?

From the Hadith of Prophet Mohamed SAW, he mentions that Allah SWT has 99 names, but indeed, Allah has more than 99 names, but what the prophet intended by mentioning that Allah has 99 names that these names are the most common or the most famous names among them the greatest name of Allah. From this fact, scholars did their best to get these most famous or popular names from Quran and Sunnah. From here, if you count what scholars gathered you'll find that most of these names are similar but some of them are different, and if you count the whole or the complete number, you'll find that it is more than 99 names and this comes back to every scholar search and effort, and actually this doesn't mean that they are wrong because everyone has its guide or proof from Quran or Sunnah, but everyone thinks that his group is the most famous according to his research. 

Doctrines of scholars in Allah names 

Scholars in gathering or mentioning the names of Allah didn't mention them by themselves, because there are certain conditions they followed to be sure that this name among names of Allah or not. So they mentioned only the names that Allah mentioned in the Holy Quran or the prophet mentioned in his Sunnah. Because names of Allah is among the hidden facts which are told only by Allah SWT or his prophet SAW. 

The evidence that Allah has more than 99 names 

There is a hadith by prophet Mohamed SAW when he prays to Allah saying "I ask you by every name you have, or with every name you named it by, or with every name you teach to one of your creatures, or with every name you make it hide from your creature to make the Quran as spring in my heart…"

So, from this hadith, we learn that Allah SWT has more than 99 names, but the most famous are 99 names. 

In this articles, we'll take you in an interesting and full of benefit journey, we'll sail in the names of Allah, 

And before I start I want to show my way in introducing names of Allah that I'll mention the names that scholars mentioned as they are the famous names, and I'll put them in order; actually they'll be more than 99 names, so you can choose from them, according to the evidence and the meaning that I'll get to you when introducing the name, a group of 99 names you'll feel that they are the common, popular or famous. 

Let's start: 

Meaning	Transliteration	Name	#
Allah (The Collector of All beauty and majestic attributes)	Allah	اللَّهُ	1
The Most Merciful; The Entirely Merciful	Ar Rahman	الرَّحْمَنُ	2
The Especially Merciful The Merciful	Ar Raheem	الرَّحِيمُ	3
The one "with no partners"	Al Wahid	الوَاحِدُ	4
The One "in essence and attributes"	Al Ahad	الأَحَدُ	5
The absolute one; the single	Al wetr	الوِتْرُ	6
The Sustainer ˹needed by all˺ The Eternal Refuge.	As Samad	الصَّمَدُ	7
The Deity; The God	Al Elah	الإِلَهُ	8
The Lord	Arr-abb	الرَّبُّ	9
The Master - The sovereign	As-Saied	السَّيِّدُ	10
The Most High	Al Ali	الْعَلِيُّ	11
The Highest	Al-Alaa	الأعْلى	12
The Exalted The Most Exalted	Al Motaali	المُتَعَال	13
The King, The Sovereign	Al Malik	الْمَلِكُ	14
The Most Holy The Pure	Al Quddus	الْقُدُّوسُ	15
The All-Perfect The Perfection (The Giver of Peace)	As Salam	السَّلَامُ	16
The Source of Serenity The Bestower of Faith	Al Mu'min	الْمُؤْمِنُ	17
The Watcher ˹of all˺ The Overseer – The Controller	Al Muhaymin	الْمُهَيْمِنُ	18
The Almighty The Exalted in Might	Al Aziz	الْعَزِيزُ	19
The Supreme in Might The Compeller	Al Jabbaar	الْجَبَّارُ	20
The Majestic The Superior	Al Mutakabbir	الْمُتَكَبِّرُ	21
The Creator	Al Khaaliq	الْخَالِقُ	22
The Inventor	Al Baari	الْبَارِئُ	23
The Shaper The Fashioner	Al Musawwir	الْمُصَوِّرُ	24
The First	Al Awwal	الْأَوَّلُ	25
The Last	Al Aakhir	الْآخِرُ	26
The Most High - the Ascendant – The Apparent	Az Dhaahir	الظَّاهِرُ	27
The Most Near – The Unapparent	Al Baatin	الْبَاطِنُ	28
The Hearing - The All-Hearing	As Sami'	السَّمِيعُ	29
The knowing – The All knowing	Al Alim	الْعَلِيمُ	30
The seeing – The All Seeing	Al Basir	الْبَصِيرُ	31
The All-Wise The Wise.	Al Hakim	الْحَكِيمُ	32
The All-Aware - The Acquainted	Al Khabir	الْخَبِيرُ	33
The Most Appreciative	ASH-Shakoor	الشَكُورُ	34
The Most Forbearing	Al Halim	الحَلِيمُ	35
The Absolute Truth –The True Lord – The True Master	AL-Haqq	الْحَقُّ	36
The Revealer -The Clearer	Al Mobeen	الْمُبِينُ	37
The Most Great – The All Great – The Grand	Al Kabeer	الْكَبِيرُ	38
The Provider – The  Supreme Provider	Ar Razzaaq	الرَّزَّاقُ	39
The All-Strong – The Powerful – The All-Powerful	Al Qawiyy	القوىُّ	40
The Firm - The Steadfast – The Ever Mighty – The Absolute Strong	Al Mateen	الْمَتِينُ	41
The Competent – The Most Capable – The Mighty in Ability	Al Qadeer	الْقَدِيرُ	42
The Source of All Goodness - The Beneficent - The Most Kind	Al Barr	الْبَرُّ	43
the Ever-Living	Al Hayy	الْحَيُّ	44
The All-Sustaining The Sustainer of existence. The Sustainer, The Self-Subsisting	Al Qayyoom	الْقَيُّومُ	45
The Veiler – The Coverer –The Owner of Concealment - The Concealing	Ass-siteer	السِّتيرُ	46
The Good	At-Tayebb	الطَّيِّبُ	47
The near – The Nearest	Al Qareeb	القَرِيبُ	48
The Responder – The Answerer – The Replier	Al Moujeeb	المُجِيبُ	49
The Giver of Gifts - The Supreme Bestower – The Bestower - the Giver ˹of all bounties	Al Wahhaab	الْوَهَّابُ	50
The Supreme Solver- The Opener– The Judge – The Revealer	Al-Fattaah	الْفَتَّاحُ	51
The Disposer of Affairs – The Universal Trustee	Al-Wakeel	الْوَكِيلُ	52
The Compassionate- The Most Kind-The Ever Gracious	Ar-Ra'oof	الرَءُوفُ	53
The "Most Powerful" Sovereign – The Owner of everything	Al Maleek	المَلِيكُ	54
The Perfect in Ability – The Most Powerful – The Capable	Al Muqtadir	المُقْتَدِرُ	55
The Sustainer The Sustaining one – The Supreme Overseer – The Nourisher	Al-Muqeet	المُقيتُ	56
The Accountant - The Reckoner - The Reckoning One - The Sufficient	Al Haseeb	الحسيبُ	57
The Watchful - The Watching one - The Observer - The Watcher- The Ever Watchful	Al Raqeeb	الرَقيبُ	58
The Glorious One - The Most Glorious One - The All Glorious - The Majestic - The Ever Illustrious - The Most Honorable	Al Majeed	المَجيدُ	59
The Heir - The Inheritor of All - The One whose Existence remains - The Inheritor	Al Waarith	الوارثُ	60
The Protector - The Guardian	Al Mawlaa	المَوْلَى	61
The Helper - The Assistant	An-Naseer	النَّصِيرُ	62
The Pardoner - The Effacer - The Forgiver - The Ever Pardoning	Al 'Afuww	العَفُوُّ	63
The Subtle One - The Most Gentle - The Subtly Kind - The All Subtle - The Benignant - The Gracious	Al Lateef	اللَّطِيفُ	64
The Beautiful	Al Gameel	الجَمِيلُ	65
The Rich - The Independent - The Self-sufficient - The Wealthy	Al Ghaniyy	الغَنِيُّ	66
The Most Generous - The Most Esteemed - The Bountiful -The Gracious The Most Beneficent	Al Kareem	الكَرِيمُ	67
The All Prevailing One – The Absolute Vanquisher	Al Qahhar	القَهَّارُ	68
The Magnificent - The Supreme - The Most Great	Al-‘Azeem	العَظِيمُ	69
The All-Encompassing - The Boundless - The All-Embracing	Al Wassi'	الوَاسِعُ	70
The Ever-Pardoning - The Relenting - The Ever-Returning - The Acceptor of Repentance	At Tawwaab	التَّوابُ	71
The Forgiving - The Exceedingly Forgiving - The Great Forgiver- The Oft-Forgiving	Al Ghafoor	الغَفُورُ	72
(The Most Loving - The Ever-Affectionate	Al Wadood	الوَدودُ	73
The Protecting Associate - The Friend - The Helper - The Protecting Friend - The Supporter	Al Waliyy	الوَلِيُّ	74
The Praiseworthy - The All-Praiseworthy – The Praised One	Al Hameed	الحَميدُ	75
The Preserver - The All-Heedful and All-Protecting - The Ever-Preserving- The All-Watching - The Oft-Conservator - The Protector – The Guardian	Al Hafeedh	الحَفيظُ	76
The Owner - The Ruler - The Dominant - The Controller - The Sovereign The Possessor	Al Maalek	المَالِكُ	77
The All- and Ever Witnessing- The All Observing Witnessing - The Witness- The Testifier	Ash Shaheed	الشَّهيدُ	78
The Withholder - The Restrainer - The Constrictor	Al Qaabidh	القَابِضُ	79
The Extender - The Expander - The Generous Provider - The Englarger	Al Baasit	البَاسِطُ	80
The Provider - The Sustainer	Ar-raziik	الرَّازِقُ	81
The Sublime Creator - The Superb Creator	Al Khalaak	الخَلاَّقُ	82
The Vanquisher - The subjugator - The Omnipotent - The Irresistible The supreme holder	Al Qaher	القَاهِرُ	83
The Appreciative - The recognisether - The All-Recogniser - The Responsive - The Thankful	Ash-akir	الشَّاكِرُ	84
The Capable - The Powerful - The Omnipotent One - The All Powerful - The Able	Al Qadir	القَادِرُ	85
The All- and Oft-Forgiving -The Great Forgiver - The Repeatedly Forgiving - The Absolute Forgiver - The Pardoner	Al Ghaffaar	الغَفَّارُ	86
The Expediter - The Expediting One -The Promoter- The Promoter	Al Muqaddim	المُقَدِّمُ	87
The Delayer - The Retarder	Al Mu'akhkhir	المُؤخِّرُ	88
The Modest	Al Haiee	الحَيِيُّ	89
The Impartial Judge - The Judge - The Giver of Justice - The Arbitrator - The All-Decree	Al Hakam	الحَكَمُ	90
The most Generous - The Most Bountiful - The Most Bounteous -The Most Honorable	Al Akram	الأَكْرَمُ	91
The Encompassing One - The Supremely Encompassing	Al Moheet	المُحِيطُ	92
The Well Doer – The Charitable – The Beneficent – The Benefactor - The Good Doer	Al Mohsen	المُحْسِنُ	93
The Owner of Favor - The Bestowed Of Favor	Al Mannan	المنَّان	94
The Supreme Generous - The Suplime Generuous	Al Jawaad	الجَوَادُ	95
The Most Glorious - The Exalted in Might	As-Subbooh	السُّبوحُ	96
The All Provider - The Suplime Giver	Al-Moatii	المُعْطي	97
The Curer - The Healer	Ash-afii	الشَّافِي	98
The Forbearer	Ar-Rafeek	الرِّفيقُ	99